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STATE OF IOWA 
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Iowa's Consolidated 
Schools 



By George A. Brown 

Consolidated School Inspector 



Issued by the 

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION 

Des Moines, Iowa 



P. E. McCLENAHAN 

Superintendent 



Published by 

THE STATE OF IOWA 

Des Moines 



HOW TO PROCEED 

A community desiring to establish consolidated schools 
should seek the advice and counsel of the county superintend- 
ent, who will furnish information for the correct procedure. 

The procedure is somewhat complicated and great care 
should be exercised in following out the legal requirements. 
Many schools have suffered embarrassment through long, 
drawn-out court action to establish their legality. 

When the vote for a consolidated school has carried, the 
organization of the school is completed by the election and the 
organization of a board of directors. 

Five school directors will be elected and if the district in- 
cludes a city or town a treasurer should be elected. (Section 
2754) 






STATE OF IOWA 
19 2 2 



Iowa's Consolidated Schools 



By George A. Brown 

Consolidated School Inspector 



New Buildings Erected since January 1, 1920, and Suggestions 

for Meeting Legal Conditions for Receiving 

State Aid 



Published by 

THE STATE OF IOWA 

Des Moines 






INTRODUCTION 

This bulletin gives the latest information in picture and 
story of the most important and far reaching educational 
movement that the state has seen in a quarter of a century. 
Within the last three years the number of consolidated schools 
in Iowa has been doubled. Today we have 439 consolidated 
schools which enroll 68,619 pupils and daily transport 34,743. 

These schools have been of untold educational value to the 
country school children of Iowa. The course of study has been 
enriched by the introduction of agriculture, manual training 
and home making, resulting in an educational revival in the 
communities where this great work has been in progress. 

Seventy-one of the school buildings in consolidated dis- 
tricts are situated in the open country outside of any town or 
village. Many of these districts have provided modern homes 
for the teachers where they may live comfortably and enjoy 
some of the blessings of rural life. 

These schools have had a wholesome effect upon com- 
munity life as a whole in enabling the pupils and parents to 
develop a broader human interest and enjoy a richer ex- 
perience. 

The movement is yet in its infancy and greater good will 
come from it in the future. 

P. E. McCLENAHAN, 
Superintendent of Public Instruction. 

June 28, 1922 



LISKAnY OF GO*.- -•? 
RECEIVED 

SEP 801922 

OOOUWI£NTS DIVISION 



FOREWORD 

The marvelous growth and development of the consoli- 
dated school movement in Iowa in the two-year period ending- 
July 1, 1921, has occasioned much comment from the press 
and the platform. Much of this comment has been inaccurate, 
and sometimes visionary. This bulletin is official and, it is 
hoped, an available source of reliable information for all inter- 
ested in the continued growth of the movement. 

There were 439 consolidated school districts January 1, 
1922. All had elected school boards as provided by law, and 
380 had centralized their schools and were transporting all 
pupils living in the country. The remaining 59 did not have 
sufficient housing facilities. Twenty-one of these will have 
new buildings completed by September, 1922. The status of 
the remainder is somewhat uncertain. A number of districts 
have been tied up in court action, while others have failed to 
secure favorable action. 

The sudden fall in prices of farm products produced a re- 
action in many communities and the rapid developement of the 
movement has been checked. However, the two-year period 
just ending added 200 new consolidated school districts. 

Much work has been necessary in the way of counsel and 
advice with the new schools during the past year. The oppo- 
sition, although a minority, was many times a bitter one, and 
the board of directors, unaccustomed to the new situation, hesi- 
tated until some one from the office of the State Superin- 
tendent of Public Instruction could come and instruct them as 
to their plan of procedure. With only one worker in the 
field, many boards could not be visited, and no doubt some dis- 
tricts will drift into dissolution as a result. 

The pioneers in the consolidated school movement in Iowa 
planned wisely and the first law provided that no school dis- 
trict could be formed with less than sixteen government sec- 
tions of land. Today this is not sufficient to accomplish the 
purpose originally intended, which was to put a four-year high 
school within the reach of every boy and girl in the state of 
Iowa. Twenty-four sections is about the least area that can 
give a property valuation sufficient to keep taxes from becom- 
ing burdensome if a full high school course is to be maintained. 

The outstanding problem is the transportation of the 
pupils from their homes to the school. During the school year 
1920-1921 more than 34,000 girls and boys were transported to 
school, while the grand total enrolled in consolidated schools 
of the state reached 60,000. Thus almost 30,000 children liv- 
ing in the smaller towns of the state have been benefited as 
well as the children of the farmer. 



REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AID 

The providing of state aid undoubtedly contributed to the 
development and maintaining of good schools. The amount 
should be much larger and it is hoped that a united front on 
the part of consolidated schools will be presented in this con- 
nection. 

The law is quite specific in certain requirements in order 
that the school may receive state aid. In addition to the legal 
requirements there are certain standards set by the Depart- 
ment of Public Instruction. The legal requirements and stan- 
dards for approval are: 

1. Organization under Sec. 2794-a-a, as amended by the Thirty- 

Ninth G. A., Oh. 175. 

2. Suitable grounds. 

3. Suitable building meeting requirements as explained hereafter. 

4. Suitable transportation at public expense. 

5. Laboratories and equipment for teaching Agriculture, Home 

Economics and Manual Training. 

6. Such subjects taught each year. 

7. Agriculture Experimental plot. 

8. Teachers certificated to teach above subjects. 

9. Grade teachers meeting all qualifications. 

10. All the foregoing, subject to the approval of the Superintendent 
of Public Instruction. 

All pictures in this bulletin are of buildings that have been 
erected in the last two years. 




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SCHOOL GROUNDS 

The legal requirement does not place a minimum acreage 
for the school grounds. For a number of years, however, the 
State Department has required all schools receiving state aid 
to provide a five-acre site. Of the 263 schools receiving state 
aid this last year practically all of them have met the require- 
ment of five acres. A few schools organized in the early years 
of consolidation have only four acres as that was the original 
requirement, but nearly all have purchased the additional acre. 
The consolidated school of Harris, in Osceola county, now owns 
thirteen acres and all of this acreage is found to be very useful. 

Whenever a consolidation has been organized, if the school 
is looking forward to state aid, it should get in touch with the 
State Department immediately that a representative may be 
sent and a suitable site approved. If a suitable building has 
not already been provided this site should be chosen for the 
time when the new building will be built. 

The consolidated school is to become the community 
center. As such, community picnics and all kinds of commun- 
ity gatherings will be held in the school building and on the 
school grounds. In the case of school activities only, there 
must be ample ground for the agriculture plot, which should 
be not less than one acre and additional ground sufficient for 
play ground activities. 

In the case of the agriculture plot the original plan was 
garden work. However, this type of work has not met with the 
success that was expected in the beginning of the garden move- 
ment, since the agriculture teacher is usually away from the 
community during the summer. Because of this fact we are 
urging all school boards to provide an orchard plot where les- 
sons in the pruning of trees, budding, grafting, spraying and 
cultivation of fruits may be provided. Each spring, nursery 
stock of some kind should be added to the plot. 

In the case of play ground activities the consolidated 
school has a large number of children on the grounds during 
the noon hour. This means that careful supervision should be 
given to the children during this period and the grounds should 
provide at least four divisions, one for the younger boys, one 
for the younger girls, one for the older boys, and one for the 
older girls. There should also be provided a baseball diamond 
and tennis court. The baseball diamond should be used not 
only by the school boys, but by all the men in the community, 
and no doubt in the case of a large number of consolidated 
schools a football field will be desired and the five-acre site will 
be found no more than adequate to take care of all these ac- 



tivities. In fact, if parking facilities are to be provided for 
automobiles on the grounds, the five acres will not be suffi- 
cient. 

Play grounds should be laid out at the rear of the build- 
ing, and all ground in front should be landscaped, providing a 
well-cared for lawn, while hardy shrubbery should be banked 
against the building. 

The school will thus become the beauty spot of the com- 
munity, attracting the eye of the passer-by and arousing pride 
not only on the part of the children, but on the part of all living 
in the community. 




ion Hanlontowu — Organized 1917; sections in district, 19; total enrollment, 
139; high school enrollment, 38; rooms in building, 13; number horse busses 
i; number motor busses, 0; c»st of building, $70,000 





Playground at Orient, With Up-to-date Equipment. 
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ORIENT 

Organized 1919 Horse busses 

Sections in district 36 Motor busses 9 

Total enrollment 331 Children transported 188 

High school enrollment 83 Cost of building- $123,000 

Only fifteen children leave their homes before eight o'- 
clock, only five of these fifteen as early as seven forty-five. 

The new building will house all the grade rooms as well as 
the high school. The old brick high school building will be 
used for Manual Training and Science laboratory rooms. 

Another illustration of motor transportation without 
gravel roads. 

The patrons co-operate splendidly with the school. The 
confederated clubs and the teachers plan community gather- 
ings for all patrons, pupils and teachers. In this way they 
give everyone a chance to get together several times during 
the year. For two years they have had a special day which 
they call "Go to school day." These have been the means of 
getting many parents out to visit the regular work of the 
school. A lecture course of four numbers is offered which is 
well patronized. The school also has charge of pay movies on 
each Thursday night at the school auditorium. The school has 
a boys' and girls' glee club and an orchestra. They take part 
in declamatory work, football, basketball and baseball. 

CHILDREN AT PLAY 

Many of the consolidated schools have the best equipped 
playground in the state. With a five-acre site the children 
have an opportunity to develop the play spirit and to learn to 
live with each other. 



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BUILDINGS 

Since January, 1920, 81 consolidated school buildings have 
been built, many at peak prices. Unscrupulous architects and 
contractors sometimes exploited the people. Since approval by 
the State Department is necessary, plans should be submitted 
in advance for examination by the State Architect and the In- 
spector, who can make suggestions that may prove of great 
value in saving expenses and making the building better adapt- 
ed to the needs of the community. 

A building, to be approved by the State Department, must 
be properly heated, lighted and ventilated. Rooms for Domes- 
tic Science, Manual Training and Agriculture must be included. 
Toilets on each floor of the building are being recognized more 
and more as a necessity. All stairways must be of fire-proof 
construction, with twelve-inch tread and six-inch rise. A gym- 
nasium and community room not less than sixty by thirty-five 
should be provided for with additional accommodations for 
spectators. 

In planning the building nothing is more important than 
the selection of a good architect. No architect is authorized 
to say that his set of plans is approved by the State Depart- 
ment as we approve plans individually and only when we know 
all the circumstances. If a school board is to serve its com- 
munity in the best way possible it should make a careful in- 
vestigation of the reputation of all architects before proceeding 
to give the contract to any architectural firm. 

VENTILATION 

When the fan system is used thirty cubic feet per person 
per minute should come in at the warm air ducts. The vent 
flues should have a cross-sectional area of at least eight square 
inches per person in room. 

When the gravity system is used warm air and vent flues 
should have cross-sectional area not less than four hundred 
square inches. 

Air passed through radiators coming directly from outside 
should have sufficient openings that combined area will 
amount to not less than nine square inches for each child. 

LIGHTING 

There shall be no windows in the wall which seated chil- 
dren shall face. Glass surface should be about one-fifth of 
floor space. 

CAKE OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 

Those who have charge of public school buildings are im- 
portant factors in the success of the schools. An over-heated 




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building or an under-heated building constitutes a poor condi- 
tion for study or recitation, and at the same time menaces the 
health of teacher and pupils. The same thing is true in re- 
gard to a poorly ventilated building. At the same time a 
slovenly building conduces to habits of slovenliness, which of- 
ten go with pupils through life. The duties of a janitor of a 
school building may be classified under eight heads : 

I. Heating and ventilating of building. 

(a) There should be a reliable thermometer provided for each class- 
room and recitation room. For proper registration this 
should hang on a level with pupils' bodies as they sit at their 
desks, and should register, during the school day, 70 degrees 
fahrenheit. 

(b) During chilly weather of autumn and spring, a fire should be 
started in the morning, if the thermometer registers 60 de- 
grees or less at 8 o'clock. 

(c) Fire should be started early enough in the morning for the 
thermometer to register at least GS degrees by 8:30 o'clock. 
It is generally economy in cold weather to bank fires to keep 
the building moderately warm during the night. Some 
"boards," in extremely cold weather, find it expedient to pro- 
vide an extra man at night to keep fire. 

(d) In the afternoon the fire should not be diminished to cool the 
building before all pupils are dismissed. Teachers often de- 
tain groups of pupils to work with them after regular hours. 

(e) All rooms should be thoroughly ventilated by opened windows 
both morning and evening. If the building has no special 
means of ventilation the rooms should likewise be thoroughly 
aired at each intermission. 

(f ) When a special means of ventilation is in use, this should be 
frequently tested in each room to see that it is properly func- 
tioning. 

(g) When the "fan system" is installed, this is intended to be in 
operation at all times during regular session. If this must be 
less, for purposes of economy, the fan should be run frequent- 
ly, and for periods of at least five minutes. 

II. Sweeping, dusting and scrubbing of rooms. 

(a) Class rooms, corridors, office aud all other parts of building in 
daily use should be swept each evening and thoroughly dusted 
each morning. The dusting should include desks, chairs, etc. 

(b) Some form of sweeping compound is usually used in sweeping. 
To prevent greasing of floor, this should not be scattered over 
the floor and allowed to lie, but should be swept ahead of the 
broom. A brush broom is better than a straw broom. In case 
the floors are oiled once or twice per year the use of sweeping 
compound may be unnecessary. 

(c) Neither sweeping nor dusting should be done while teacher and 
pupils are in the room. 

(d) In the evening, thirty minutes should be allowed a teacher 
after regular dismissal for completing her work, before the 
room is swept. 

(e) An oiled cloth, perfectly dry, is best for dusting. 

(f ) Blackboards should be thoroughly wiped with a dry oiled cloth, 
at least once per week. Slate boards may safely be washed 
occasionally. Erasers should also be cleaned weekly, while 
chalk trays should have daily attention. 

(g) Unoiled floors should be scrubbed at least once per month, on 
Saturday. Care should be exercised that floors do not warp 
through use of too much water. Oiled floors do not need such 
frequent attention. 

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III. Care of windows. 

(a) Just preceding opening of school in the fall, all windows 

should he thoroughly washed, including hasement windows, 

transoms and glass doors, 
(h) Just after disappearonce of flies windows should be again 

washed. 
(e) As early in the spring as weather will permit they should be 

again cleaned. 

(d) Windows should frequently be wiped on the inside with a damp 
cloth, to remove the dust. 

(e) For washing upper story windows on the outside a platform 
can be made to project from the window, held by a crossbar 
on the inside. 

IV. Care of toilets, lavatories, and drinking fountains. 

(a) Inside toilet rooms should receive as close attention as any 
room. Floors should be swept, bowls cleaned and any marks 
erased. 

(b) Outside toilets should be swept every day, and occasionally 
scrubbed. If frequent obscene marks appear these should be 
occasionally painted over. 

(c) Lavatory bowls should be cleaned every day. 

(d) Drinking fountains should be kept clean and carefully regu- 
lated. 

V. Care of lawns and walks. 

(a) During the grass season the lawn should be kept down by 
scythe or by lawn mower. 

(b) If facilities are afforded, the lawn should be watered when 
needed. 

(c) No weed patches should be permitted to grow. 

(d) In the winter, snow should be removed from the walks before 
being tramped solid. 

(e) Ice should not be allowed to endanger the pupils. Cinders 
should be promptly sprinkled over ice patches. 

(f ) Playground equipment should be properly cared for. 

VI. Minor repairs about the building are considered the duty of the jani- 

tor, as are also the transfer of apparatus and furniture from room 
to room. 

VII. The janitor's relation to pupils and teachers. 

(a) When teachers have special exercises and therefore require 
added chairs and readjustment of furniture, the janitor should 
lend his assistance. 

(b) Unless especially delegated disciplining duties be assigned a 
janitor, he has none. 

(c) It is nevertheless the privilege and the duty of the janitor to 
report bad conduct of pupils to teachers or to superintendent. 

(d) The janitor should never administer corporal punishment to a 
pupil. 

VIII. Relation of janitor to superintendent and to board of education. 

(a) The janitor in his general every day duties, the same as teach- 
ers, is under direction of the superintendent. If he has com- 
plants, he should take them to the superintendent. 

(b) He may be directed in specific duties, such as repairs, etc., by 
the board of education, or by the committee on buildings and 
grounds. 

(c) If a janitor does not choose to perform certain duties naturally 
pertaining to his position, he should have these stated in the 
terms of a written contract. 



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SUPERINTENDENT 

No one factor is more important to the success of the con- 
solidated school than the Superintendent. The Superintendent 
of a consolidated school should have these qualifications : 

1. He should be a college graduate. 

2. He should have a strong personality and be neat in personal ap- 

pearance. 

3. He should have the qualities that make for leadership. 

4. He should be in sympathy with rural life and interested in com- 

munity activities. 

5. He should have made a careful study of the transportation of 

school children and should know how to organize same. 

6. If he is to instruct in Manual Training and Agriculture he must 

have not less than six college semester hours in these subjects. 

7. He should have not less than three years' teaching experience. 

A man possessed with these qualifications cannot be eas- 
ily found and great care should be used on the part of the 
board in looking up the qualifications of a Superintendent. In 
considering an application for any work in the school a board 
should have at least three personal letters concerning the can- 
didate. When a man is found who is capable he should be 
given good compensation for his services. 

When the Superintendent has been elected he should be 
given the confidence of the board and extended the courtesy of 
attendance at all meetings of the school board and his counsel 
should be sought in all cases where the welfare of the school is 
concerned. His recommendation should be necessary in the se- 
lection of teachers and in the selection of drivers. When criti- 
cism concerning the school comes to any member of the board 
the superintendent should know the criticism and should be ad- 
vised with concerning it. No more unfortunate situation can ex- 
ist than that which frequently arises where the Superintendent 
and the school board do not co-operate. No consolidated school 
can succeed under such circumstances. 

Opponents of consolidation are making strong attacks 
upon transportation of pupils, in connection with the consoli- 
dated schools, and many of the problems that arise concern- 
ing transportation could be eliminated if school boards would 
turn over the organization of the drivers and the hauling of 
the children to the Superintendent. 

One thing is definitely sure. During the period of the con- 
tract with a man as Superintendent a school board should give 
him their support. If they have made a mistake in their selec- 
tion they should continue their support until his contract has 
been terminated. In case they cannot longer retain their con- 
fidence in him, they should notify him some time before the 
termination of the contract in order that he may be given op- 
portunity to locate elsewhere. 

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SPECIAL TEACHERS 

The law of Iowa requires all consolidated schools receiving 
state aid to employ teachers for Manual Training, Agriculture 
and Domestic Science who are certificated to teach these sub- 
jects. The minimum requirement for such certification is six 
college semester hours in Manual Training and Agriculture and 
not less than thirty college semester hours in Domestic Science. 

It is very essential that the Superintendent of such a 
school keep on file a statement signed by the Registrar of the 
institution attended by special teachers and such statement 
should give definite information as to the training of the 
teachers of these special subjects. 

An increasing amount of preparation will be required in 
these subjects as teachers with advanced preparation become 
available and teachers meeting only the minimum should take 
advantage of summer school work to increase their prepara- 
tion. In fact, all teachers of Manual Training and Agriculture 
should have completed courses in these subjects sufficient to 
give them standing as a specialist in the subject. 

PRACTICAL SUBJECTS 

The subjects of Agriculture, Manual Training and Domes- 
tic Science should be given at least one day per week in the 
seventh and eighth grades and in all consolidated schools re- 
ceiving state aid instruction in these subjects should be given 
for one year in high school and should not be alternated. 
Many of our good consolidated schools are now offering two 
years of work in these subjects and such work is found to be 
of far more advantage to girls and boys in rural communities. 
The consolidated school is a rural school and such a course of 
study should be outlined and offered as will give to the girls 
and boys coming from the farm, work that will be of greatest 
value to them in connection with the vocation they are to 
follow. 

A majority of the girls and boys in the consolidated school 
will never receive any training in advance of what is received 
in the High School and subjects that are regarded as necessary 
merely for college entrance should be given little emphasis in 
the consolidated school curriculum. 

In planning the course of study, each Superintendent 
should start with the subjects of Agriculture, Manual Training 
and Domestic Science as the ones around which to build his 
course. It is suggested that the Manual Training and the 
Domestic Science be offered in the 9th grade and that Agri- 

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culture be given to both girls and boys in the 10th grade. The 
importance of the right teaching of these subjects cannot be 
over-estimated in the consolidated school and it is hoped that 
the coming years will witness an excellence of work that has 
not been heretofore manifest in these subjects, due, undoubted- 
ly, to the lack of qualifications of teachers. 

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS 

High school teachers must be college graduates if the 
school is to be approved for four years' work. This means that 
salaries must be adequate to attract teachers who can meet 
these qualifications. School boards cannot expect to meet the 
standards for approval unless they are willing to pay the price. 
One or two teachers may be approved who have had only two 
years of college work but they should never be regarded as 
more than temporary in their position. 

Before a teacher is employed either the Secretary of the 
Board or the Superintendent of the School should demand a 
certificate of his or her qualifications signed by the Registrar 
of the institution which the candidate has attended. Accept- 
ing the unqualified word of the candidate has many times 
jeopardized the standing of the school. 

The first person employed each year should be the Super- 
intendent. If a school is small, a man should be employed who 
is qualified to teach Agriculture and Manual Training. Hav- 
ing employed the Superintendent the board should instruct 
him to investigate the qualifications of candidates for vacan- 
cies and make recommendation as to the selection of teachers. 

If the High School is to receive four-year approval the 
first teacher selected should be the one in charge of Domestic 
Science. If the Superintendent is a four-year graduate, and 
one other teacher is selected who has had four years' training, 
the teacher of Domestic Science may have a minimum of two 
years of training. 

GRADE TEACHERS 

The qualification of grade teachers in state aided con- 
solidated schools should be as follows : 

1. A grade teacher should be a high school graduate. 

2. A grade teacher should have at least twelve weeks of special 

training for the grade work she is to do. 

3. A grade teacher should hold a first grade county certificate or a 

certificate of higher grade. 

4. It is recommended that the primary teacher have at least one 

year of primary training. 

Frequently the remark is heard in the selection of teach- 
ers, "Well, it is only a grade position so it doesn't make much 
difference." It is safe to say that many a high school student 
has met with failure and later become discouraged and given 

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up because the training he received in the grades was insuffi- 
cient and carelessly done. 

Many times the question is asked if the training in the 
Normal Training high school meets the requirement. Such 
training is given by the state for the purpose of training teach- 
ers for the one-room country school and it is not training for 
a graded school system. The twelve weeks of training refers 
to training received in some good Normal School where train- 
ing is given especially for grade work. 

The minimum of twelve weeks can easily be obtained dur- 
ing one summer and there is no excuse for a grade teacher 
not having this minimum training. Most educators are of the 
opinion that this minimum requirement is too low and it must 
be admitted that the criticism is a just one and that in the 
near future it is hoped that the supply of teachers with more 
training will become sufficiently large that a higher require- 
ment can be made. 

Some Consolidated School Statistics 

The following figures are gleaned from uniform annual reports of 355 
consolidated schools reporting January 1, 1022 : 

Consolidated schools organized since January 1, 1914 320 

Pupils transported 36,981 

Horse busses 1,802 

Motor busses 579 

Total cost of transportation. . . . .* $1,710,864.15 

Average number of busses to the school 6.7 

Average cost per bus per year $718.54 

Average cost per bus per month 79.83 

Average number pupils per bus 15.5 

Average cost transportation per pupil per year $46.28 

Average cost transportation per pupil per month 5.14 

Number of schools reporting 355 

Total enrollment 73,041 

High school enrollment 17,927 

High school teachers 1,529 

Grade teachers 1,810 



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TRANSPORTATION 

The problem in connection with the consolidated school 
is transportation. All children living outside the limits of 
any city, town or village included within the borders of the 
district must be transported. During the last year 34,743 chil- 
dren were transported to school. The Inspector found in his 
visits that as a usual thing the transportation was badly or- 
ganized and had little supervision from the Superintendent. 
The transportation of the pupils in suitable busses with the 
right kind of drivers is as important as the providing of a com- 
fortable school building and the right kind of teachers. 

The successful transportation of pupils depends largely 
upon the wise selection of a Superintendent who has studied 
the problem. The Superintendent should be given full super- 
visory authority over drivers, busses, and routes. With the co- 
operation of the school board he should make a set of rules 
governing drivers and pupils while in the busses. Every 
parent should receive a set of these rules and their co-operation 
solicited in enforcement of same. 

Drivers should make daily reports to the Superintendent, 
and early in the year be impressed with the responsibility of 
the work they have undertaken. One of the outstanding dif- 
ficulties with drivers is their desire to get the children to 
school early and themselves return home to do a day's work. 
This practice should not be tolerated and no child should enter 
a bus before 7 :45 a. m. and if the route is not long a much later 
hour is desirable. No bus should arrive at the school before 
8:45. The schedule should be exact. The driver should al- 
ways start at the same time in the morning, no matter what 
the condition of the roads. 

Most of the opposition to the consolidated school is due 
to the fact that school boards have failed to turn over the 
supervision of the transportation to the Superintendent whom 
they have employed. Drivers should be under the supervision 
of the Superintendent exactly the same as teachers are under 
his supervision. He should recommend the routes, schedule the 
time when the wagons are to be at each home and require a 
daily report from all drivers. The report should contain such 
questions as the following: 

1. What time did the bus arrive at the home of the first child? 

2. Names of disorderly pupils. 

3. What complaints were made by parents? 

4. What was the condition of the roads? 

">. What time did the last child arrive home? 

In addition to this daily report every parent should be fur- 
nished with regulations governing drivers and these regula- 




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tions, together with those governing pupils while riding in 
busses, should be posted in the school bus. The following reg- 
ulations have been suggested and are probably a minimum re- 
quirement that should be made of all drivers : 

1. The driver shall run his wagon on a regular schedule. 

2. The driver shall not arrive at any home earlier than the 

scheduled time and the earliest time scheduled shall not be 
before 7:45 a. m. 

3. The driver must start from the farthest terminus of his route in 

sufficient time to reach the schoolhouse by direct travel not 
earlier than 8 :4.*> a. m. and shall stop only to take pupils into 
the wagon. 

4. He must be at the school house at 3 :">0 p. in., or such time as 

the board shall direct, his wagon ready to receive his load and 
shall then drive to the further terminus of his route as quick- 
ly as the condition of the road and the welfare of his team 
will permit. 

5. He must wait not more than two mimites for any pupils. 

G. The driver takes the place of the teacher in matters of discipline 
while the pupils are in his wagon. 

7. Each driver shall abstain from the use of intoxicants while in 

the employ of the board and shall at all times deport himself 
so as to set a good example for the children under his care. 

8. Drivers shall abstain from the use of tobacco, profane or vulgar 

language, at any and all time while on duty. 

9. The driver shall be under the control and supervision of the 

Superintendent of the school and subject to any reasonable 
orders he may give. 

Too much attention cannot be given to the time of collec- 
tion of children in the morning. We have too frequently found 
busses arriving at the school house as early as 8:15 A. M., the 
driver giving as his excuse that "he must get home to do a 
•day's work." 

Such action is indefensible, and every school district 
should have a contract with every driver requiring him to fol- 
low a time schedule except when roads are bad, and then driv- 
ers should be allowed to arrive late, but the time of starting 
should always remain the same. 

While the law makes provision for employing parents to 
bring children a distance of two miles to connect with the bus, 
it is a bad practice and nearly always ends in dissatisfaction. 
Provide a sufficient number of busses so that every child can 
be met at the home gate and quickly and safely be taken to 
school, and the doubtful ones are soon converted to the fact 
that "kids can be hauled to school." Many of the risks which 
•endangered health in the days of the little country school, as 
walking through snow and slush, have been done away with. 



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Newhall, Franklin Township (Cooper) and McCallsburg- in the order 
named. Below, comfort in a stcrm, 

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Newhall 

Organized 1 "- 11 

Sections in district "6 

Total enrollment Z'.'O 

High .school enrollment 47 

Rooms in building: 15 

Horse busses 5 

Motor busses -1 

Children transported 123 

Cost of building $120 000 

A course in physical training is given. Basketball, baseball and track 
teams participate in inter-scholastic contests. A band and orchestra are 
organized of which the school boasts. 

Franklin Township 

(Cooper) 

Organized " 1 919 

Sections in district : : ' : , 

Total enrollment 233 

High school enrollment 53 

Rooms in building 20 

Horse busses 

Motor busses 7 

Children transported 186 

Cost of building $100,000 

The people in this district have a live community club, a parent-teach- 
ers' association, boys' and girls' clubs, hot lunch, farm business course, an- 
nual agricultural exhibit and farmers' short course, declamatory and track 
association, judging teams, May day fete. 

McCallsburg 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 36 

Total enrollment 231 

High school enrollment 4(1 

Rooms in building 21 

Horse busses 

Motor busses ^8 

Children transported 170 

Cost of building $108,000 

These schools have proven the success of motor trans- 
portation. 



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Henderson and Elwood, Showing Their Motor Busses. 
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Henderson 

Organized 1920 

Total enrollment 157 

High school enrollment 37 

Motor Busses 4 

Children transported 86 

Cost of building $75,000 

Elwood 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 26 

Total enrollment 160 

High school enrollment 44 

Rooms in building 15 

Horse busses 

Motor busses 4 

Children transported 125 

Cost of building $90,000 

Community School club to meet once a month to discuss school prob- 
lems. Two basketball teams. 

Henderson and Elwood are two schools that have proven the success 
of motor transportation in localities where there are no gravel roads. In 
Colorado ninety per cent of the children are conveyed to the Consoli- 
dated schools in autos. In Colorado there are in use four hundred auto 
busses and forty-eight horse-drawn vehicles in 14(5 Consolidated School dis- 
tricts. In the State of Iowa about 15,000 children are transported by 
motor transportation and little difficulty has been exerienced in trans- 
portation and it has been found that goods roads have always followed the 
introduction of motor busses. The transportation of children over extreme 
distances is not advocated, but it has been conclusively proven that the dis- 
trict with a large area can maintain the school without a high tax levy, 
as the tax levy decreases as the property valuation increases. 



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Hedrick (above) and Grand Meadow (below) have both proven the suc- 
cess of motor transportation. The center picture shows the teacherage at 
Grand Meadow. 

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Hedrick 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 19 

Total enrollment 337 

High school enrollment 113 

Rooms in building 13 

Horse busses 

Motor busses 4 

Children transported i6l 

Cost of building $135,000 

Hedrick believes in transporting children by motor bus although lo- 
cated in a district where there are no gravel roads. 

Grand Meadow 

Organized 1919 

Sections in district 32 

Total enrollment 150 

High school enrollment 2 9 

Rooms in building 14 

Horse busses 

Motor busses 8 

Children transported 146 

Cost of building $115,000 

Grand Meadow is one of the seventy -five consolidated schools in Iowa 
located in the open country at the social center of the township. It is 
strictly a rural school, demonstrating a farmers' school of the big type. 
Note the motor busses. These farmers believe there is nothing too good 
for their children, and have proven their belief by the splendid school 
they have provided. They have a parent-teachers' association and a farm- 
ers' club. 

A Word About the Teacherage 

Fortunately, the Iowa law makes provisions for teacherages where 
districts wish them. In round numbers, about fifty schools in Iowa now 
provide these teacherages. Many times it is possible to remodel the 
abandoned school buildings into suitable homes for the teachers. 

SUGGESTED FORM OF DRIVER'S CONTRACT 

THIS AGREEMENT. Made and entered into by and between 

, President of the Board of Directors of the Independent School 

District of in township, 

county, Iowa, and of 

township, county. Iowa. 

Said covenants and agrees to transport the 

children of Route No to the Central School in 

each day that school is in session during the school year beginning 

said. Said further agrees to com- 
ply with the following conditions : 

1. To run his wagon on a regular schedule. 

2. To arrive at no home earlier than the scheduled time of the super- 
intendent and the earliest time scheduled shall not be before 7:45 a. m. 

3. To start from the farthest terminus of his route in sufficient 
time to reach the school house by direct travel not earlier than 8:45 A. M., 
and stopping only to take pupils into the wagon. 

4. To be at the school house at 3 :50 P. M. or such time as the board 
shall direct with his wagon, ready to receive bis load and shall then drive 

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Geneseo Township (Buckingham) — Organized 1919; sections in dis- 
trict 36; total enrollment, 150; high school enrollment, 33; motor busses, 5; 
cost of building, $130,000; cost of teacherage, $20,000; children transported. 

150. 




Geneseo Township (Buckingham) Teacherage — One of the problems 
confronting every school teacher, superintendent or instructor is that of 
getting a suitable house to live in. It is not only a problem of the teacher, 
but it is the problem of the school board because with no place to live it is 
impossible to get the better teachers to remain in the country. Geneseo 
Township probably has the finest teacherage in the state, costing $20,000. 
It is modern in every way, with electric lights, gas, hot and cold water. It 
is also one of the schools having excellent vehicles for taking the children 
to and from school. 



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to the farthest terminus of his route, as quickly as the condition of the 
road and the welfare of his team will permit. 

5. To wait not more than two minutes for any pupils. 

G. To use the bus for no other purpose than the transportation of 
pupils. 

7. To take the place of the teacher in matters of discipline while the 
pupils are in his wagon; to report all cases of disobedience to the superin- 
tendent and allow no child to enter or leave the bus until it has come to a 
full stop. 

8. To abstain from the use of intoxicants while in the employ of the 
board and shall at all times deport himself so as to set a good example 
for the children under his care. 

9. To abstain from the use of tobacco, profane or vulgar language 
at any and all times while on duty. 

10. - To be under the control and supervision of the Superintendent of 
the school and subject to any reasonable orders which he may give. 

11. To stop the conveyance and cause same to be flagged across all 
.railroad tracks. 

12. To keep the conveyance under shelter at all times when not in 
use. 

13. To allow no other person to drive the bus without special per- 
mission from the Superintendent. 

14. To make such daily and weekly reports as may be required by 
the State Department of Public Instruction and the Superintendents. 

15. To notify parents in case of a breakdown. 

1G. When school is closed by order of the Board of Health, or on ac- 
count of bad roads, or because of inclement weather or for any other cause, 

$ shall be deducted for each day not required to make the trip by 

the school board. 

In consideration of said services the said , 

President of the School Board, in behalf of the Independent School Dis- 
trict of , hereby agrees to pay the said 

the sum of per month, 

excepting it is herein agreed that the board shall retain one-half of the 

first month's wages until the close of the term of service of 

to insure the faithful performance of the terms of this contract. The Board 
of Directors reserves the right to terminate this contract at any time. The 
board reserves the right to change the route when it considers it necessary 
for the best interests of the patrons. In case of change $2.50 per month 
will be added for each additional mile added to the route. When the route 
is shortened $2.50 per month will be deducted for each mile taken from 
the route. The President of the school board agrees to furnish a safe, 
strong vehicle complete. 

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, we have hereunto subscribed our names this 
day of 102__. 

President Driver. 



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Macksburg (above) and Dinsdale (below). Typical horse-drawn van 
in center. 

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Macksburg 

Organized 1919 

Sections in district 28 

Total enrollment 232 

High school enrollment 72 

Horse busses 8 

Motor busses 

Children transported 156 

Cost of building $100,000 

The following report was sent in by the school : "The Farm Bureau 
and the Ladies' club meet with us and we furnish special numbers for 
their programs. We have a strong lyeeum course for the winter, also a 
literary society which gives public programs each month, besides other 
school entertainments. We give physical training to both boys and girls, 
and have glee clubs of each. AVe are planning an orchestra, have a Hi-Y 
of twenty-six members and both boys' and girls' basketball teams. The 
agriculture class tests milk for all farmers who will bring in samples. We 
plan to serve warm lunches to the children. Our people are proud of their 
school and are all strong, for consolidated schools." 

Horse-Drawn A T an 

A comfortable horse-drawn van is used by Macksburg school. If 
horse transportation is to be used the vehicles should be comfortable, sub- 
stantial, well lighted. Dark curtain busses contribute to misconduct and at 
times have been known to lead to immoral conduct. The driver of a school 
bus has a responsible piece of work and usually he has little advice to guide 
him in his work. A good bus contributes much to bis success. 

Dinsdale 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 29 

Total enrollment 141 

High school enrollment 25 

Rooms in building 12 

Cost of building $110,000 

Children transported 120 

Horse busses 7 



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Liberty Center, a rural consolidated school with all activities belonging 
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Liberty Center 



Organized 1920 

Sections in districts 20 

Total enrollment 129 

High school enrollment 54 

Cost of building $70,000 

The Liberty Center Consolidated School opened its doors as a consoli- 
dated school in September, 1021, This school is a rural consolidation, sit- 
uated in a small rural unincorporated village in the southern part of 
Warren county. It is seven miles from a railroad, but on the Capitol City 
Trail. There are no foreigners in the community and its boast is that it 
has no "movie" but a mighty fine Consolidated School. One man puts it 
like this : "Others have better buildings than ours and there are larger 
district, but none of them have a better school than ours." 

The course of study is aiming first for citizenship, vocation, and 
life. We have the Smith-Hughes Agriculture, Domestic Science and Man- 
ual Training, also Citizenship and Economics in our high school course. 
We have community meetings, once each month the Farm Bureau, and once 
a month the community club. At the last Farm Bureau meeting there 
were 280 present. 

"Of course we have athletics. No school in this day and age can get 
far without them. We have a boys' team and a girls' team and class 
teams. Our boys' basketball teams were represented in twenty-four games 
this season and in all eighteen boys took part in these games. The girls 
took part in fourteen games and fifteen girls took part. 

"In dramatics and public speaking our school ranks high in the number 
who tried out. It took three contests to eliminate our pupils for our first 
final. There were thirty-six contestants to work with. These were di- 
vided into three classes. The two highest from each class went on at the 
final home contest and the three from this contest went to our county sub- 
district and the first there went to the final in the county. 

"We also put on two school plays and an operetta in the spring. Our 
school is open for all community gatherings free of any cost. We charge 
twenty-five per cent of the receipts for outside gatherings. 

"When the school opened in the fall it was found that there were just 
twenty-eight more pupils in high school than were expected. As a result 
one teacher was added. Not only was that true, but the school has out- 
grown the building and this summer the board will finish off the third 
story of the building. 

"One thing which might be mentioned here is the fact that the school 
grounds will be landscaped and set to trees and shrubbery this spring by 
the pupils of the vocational agriculture class. Each pupil of the school is 
to furnish a tree or a shrub. He wil name this and keep a record. 

"A complete school garden will be run also. The boys will make and 
care for the garden and during the summer the girls will meet from time 
to time and can the garden products which will be used during the com- 
ing winter for school lunches. The garden, it is hoped, will make it possi- 
ble to serve the school luncheon to all the pupils, not at a small cost, but 
if possible, free. This year we served it for a cent and two cents a dish, 
but we find that those who need it most do not get it. This coming year 
we wish to make it free to all. 

"One thing more, our school has three spraying rings this year. We 
have pruned over three hundred trees and expect to spray at least that 
many more. 

"We have fifty-four pupils in high school and twenty-one of them are 
tuition pupils. We made arrangements with County Superintendent Mc- 
Oee to send us names of boys who were near us. We have brought seven 
boys and girls into our school who were out of school. They are making 
good. One is twenty-four years young." 

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Redfield 

The Redfield building is a three-story structure with basement, thor- 
oughly fire-proof, of brick and reinforced concrete, 130 feet long and 66 
feet wide. In the basement are located boiler, fuel and storage rooms, in 
addition to a commodious locker and shower rooms for both boys and girls, 
and a large gymnasium equipped with main floor and balcony, with a seat- 
ing space for 500 people. Ground floor and basement plans are shown on 
this page. 



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On the ground floor of this Redfield building are found manual train- 
ing department with bench, machine and finishing rooms, and lumber stor- 
age, three standard class rooms and lavatories and toilet rooms. 

The first floor contains domestic science, lunch room, sewing room, 
five standard class rooms, one recitation room, superintendent's office and 
toilet rooms. 

The second floor has a large assembly auditorium, capable of seating 
400 people, stage, library, science, laboratory, two class rooms, three recita- 
tion rooms, principal's office and rest room and lavatories and toilet 
rooms. 

The building is fully equipped with built-in cabinets and mechanical 
devices designed for the easy and thorough administraton of a first-class- 
school. It is heated and ventilated by the most modern equipment avail- 
able. 

First and second floor plans are shown on this page. 




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Cost Accounting at Redfield 

Superintendent Rohrbaugh of tbe Redfield school says : 

"Our school has been in operation for one year under the new plan 
and 1 frankly believe that there is not a parent in the district that has chil- 
dren going that would vote to return to the old plan. 

"I believe we are the only district that has a complete record of all 
items that enter into the cost and operation of a consolidated school. We 
will make such modifications in our tabulation as experience has shown is 
desirable. Last year we had all our repair work done at local garages. 
This year we have a mechanic employed for the work. Accordingly we ex- 
pect to cut a number of the items down a great deal this year. For ex- 
ample, we will get parts at wholesale and eliminate the labor charges, and 
so very materially cut down the oil and gas wastes. 

"We have employed both student and adult drivers and have found 
the latter, if carefully selected, to be the most satisfactory. We have seven 
busses running eight routes, all but one starting at the end of the routes. 
The one exception runs two routes, one north and the other south of town. 

"Our cost statistics include interest at six per cent, and a depreciation 
of twenty per cent on the body and thirty-three and one-third per cent on 
the truck. We urge a uniform system of collecting data for comparing 
with other schools and for the good of the cause." 

REDFIELD FINANCIAL STATEMENT 
Cost of Service 

'Driver's salary $ 65.00 

Oil for this month 3.30 

Gas for this month 15.60 

Repairs for this month 3.40 

Cost of body $600.00 

Cost of chassis 6S9.00 

Interest on cost at 6 per cent 8.52 

Depreciation of body, 1-9 of 1-5 13.34 

Depreciation of chassis, 1-9 of 1-3 25.52 

Total cost $133.75 

Net cost of operating $133.75 

Average number transported 20 

Average cost per pupil per month $6.63 

Average number of miles in daily haul (distance from place first child 

is loaded to school house and back to starting place) 17% 

Average cost per mie per pupil 1.7c 

WALTER ZELLERS, 

Driver. 
October, 1920. 
*This year we are paying $30 a month for this route. 

NOTE — Acknowledgment is due Keffer & Jones, architects. Des Moines, 
Iowa, for preceding plans. 



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St. Mary's — Organized 1920; sections in district, 26; total enrollment, 
167; high school enrollment. 40; horse husses, 6; motor busses, 6; children 
transported, 100; cost of building, $65,000. 




Tliiiriiuui — Organized 1915; sections in district, 18; total enrollment, 
195; high school enrollment, 60; rooms in building, 20; horse busses, 5; 
motor busses, 0; chidren transported, 90; cost of building, $70,000; number 
of teachers, 9. 

This community supports a parent-teachers' association and a Modern 
Idea Club. 



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Sew Building 



Old Town School 



Beaver — Organized 1916; sections in district, 16; total enrollment, 115; 
high school enrollment, 26; cost of building, $60,000; motor busses, 3; chil- 
dren transported, 60. 




Morning Sun — Sections in district, 37%; total enrollment, 411; high 
school enrollment, 110; horse busses, 7; motor busses, 7; children trans- 
ported, 152; cost of building, $165,000. 



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Washington Township (Minburn) — Organized 1920; sections in district, 
29; total enrollment, 149; high school enrollment, 22; rooms in building, 12; 
cost of building, $90,000. Open country consolidation. Children trans- 
ported, 149; motor busses, 6. 




Elvira — Organized 1918; sections in district, 34 %; total enrollment, 140; 
rooms in building, 12; horse busses, 4; motor busses, 4; children transported, 
127; cost of building, $80,000. 



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West Branch. Martensdale and Reinbeck, in the order named, with a 
second view of West Branch below. 

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West Branch 

Organized 1918 

Sections in district 22 

Total enrollment 343 

High school enrollment 114 

Rooms in building 30 

Horse busses 7 

Motor busses 2 

Children transported 120 

Cost of building $205,000 

Martensdale 

Organized 1919 

Sections in district 16 * 4 

Total enrollment 110 

High school enrollment 3 7 

Horse busses 2 

Motor busses 2 

Children transported 73 

Cost of building $55,000 

The first Martensdale election was held on February 19, 1916. The 
proposition was lost by a vote of 51 to ."4. The next election was held on 
February 10. 1JM7. It was again defeated by a vote of 55 to 04. It was 
voted on the third time on September 10, 1917, and carried by a vote of 
04 to 53. The first board consisted of Valentine Miller, John Reising, G. E. 
Crow, J. S. Shafer aud John F. Martens. Bonds to the amount of $35,000 
were voted September 5. 1919, and an additional $20,000 was voted Jan- 
uary 31, 1920. The building was completed and occupied January 2, 1921. 
A. X. Simpson was the first superintendent. 

Reinbeck 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 46 

Cost of building $120,000 

Transportation of pupils will begin September, 1922. 



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Excelsior Township (Lake Park) — Organized 1920; sections in district, 
36; total enrollment, 136; rooms in binding, 26; horse busses, 5; motor 
busses, 3; children transported, 134; cost of building, $96,114. 

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Morley — Organized 1919; sections in district, 20; total enrollment, 102; 
rooms in building, 16; horse busses, 0; motor busses, 5; children transport- 
ed, 76. 



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Elkhart — Organized 1919: sections in district, 17; total enrollment, 181; 
high school enrollment. 36; rooms in building, 18; horse busses, 7; motor 
busses, 0; children transported, 140; cost of building, $65,000. 

This school supports the following community activities: School gar- 
den, fair, winter lyceum course, basketball for the pupils and ladies of the 
community, athletic association for community, parent-teachers' associa- 
tion. Red "Cross work, health clinics, declamatory work. 




Inkeuy Organized 1919; total enrollment, 364; high school enrollment, 

S3; sections in district, 24; rooms in building, 18; horse busses, 6; motor 
busses, 1; children transported, 120; cost of building, $150,000. 



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Cotter, Wiota, Bayard, Liscomb in the order named. 
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Cotter 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 22 % 

Total enrollment 125 

High school enrollment . # 9 

Rooms in building ." 22 

Horse busses 

Motor busses 4 

Children transported Ill 

Cost of building $69,000 

Cost of equipment $5,000 

Home talent plays are given during the winter under the supervision 
of the school management. With the proceeds of this work many neces- 
sary articles of equipment have been purchased. School and community 
co-operate in this. The building is strictly modern and all transportation 
is by motor with two short and four long routes. 

Wiota 

Organized 1919 

Sections in district 28 

Total enrollment 148 

High school enrollment 30 

Rooms in building 12 

Horse busses 

Motor busses 5 

Chidren transported 82 

Cost of building $67,000 

Cost of equipment $25,000 

Bayard 

Organized 1919 

Sections in district 32 

Total enrollment 332 

High school enrollment 84 

Rooms in building 31 

Horse busses 6 

Motor busses 

Children transported 140 

Cost of building $225,000 

Liscomb 

•Organized 1920 

Sections in district 18% 

Total enrollment 201 

High school enrollment 50 

Horse busses 6 

Motor busses 2 

Children transported 90 

•Cost of building $50,000 



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Filot Mound — Organized 1918; sections in district, 22; total enrollment, 
193; high school enrollment, 33; horse busses, 0; motor busses, 5; children 
transported, 110; cost of building, $70,000; number of teachers, 7. 



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Bartlett — Organized 1920; sections in district, 26; total enrollment, 179; 
high school enrollment. 32; horse busses, 7; motor busses, 0; children trans- 
ported, 150; cost of building, $50,000. 



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Aiiisworth — Organized 1919; sections in district, 24; total enrollment, 
261- high school enrollment, 61; horse busses, 3; motor busses, 3; children 
transported, 150; cost of building, $100,000; teachers, 6 high school and 5 
grade. . . ,. .... 

Orchestra of 18 pieces, two glee clubs, two literary societies in high 
school and two in the 7th and 8th grades. 




Ollie Organized 1920; sections in district, 22; total enrollment, 211; 

high school enrollment, 60; rooms in building, 11; horse busses, 5; motor 
busses, 0; children transported, 106; cost of building, $85,000. 



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Three Consolidated Schools at 
Crystal Lake, in the order named. 



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Sperry 



Organized 1920 

Sections in district 25 

Total enrollment 121 

High school enrollment 35 

Rooms in building 16 

Horse busses 

Motor busses 6 

Children transported 102 

Cost of building $79,000 

Sewal 

Organized 1919 

Sections in district 28 

Total enrollment 117 

High school enrollment 4<? 

Rooms in building 18 

Horse busses _» 7 

Motor busses 

Children transported 100 

Cost of building $85,000 

Crystal Lake 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 24 

Total enrollment 205 

High school enrollment 41 

Horse busses 6 

Motor busses 

Children transported 90 

Cost of building $88,500 

These three schools are located at railway stations, which are the 
trading points for the country surrounding. Prior to consolidation, chil- 
dren attending high school from these districts were compelled to board 
away from home. 



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Emmett Township — Organized 191'/; sections in district, 16; total en- 
rollment, 66; high school enrollment, 12; horse busses, 2; motor busses, 0; 
children transported, 44; rooms in building, 8; cost of buiding, $35,000. 

Open country consolidation. 




Whitten — Organized 1919; sections in district, 22; total enrollment, 152; 
high school enrollment, 29; horse busses, 3; motor busses, 2; children trans- 
ported, 56; cost of building, $85,000. 




Dana — Organized 1920; sections in district, 24 'i ; total enrollment, 183; 
high school enrollment, 45; motor busses, 4; children transported, 105; cost 
of building, $75,000. 




Nodaway — Organized 1920; sections in district, 24; total enrollment, 
207: high school enrollment. 57; horse busses, 0; motor busses, 4; children 
transported, 108; cost of buiding, $74,000. 



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Nevinville — Organized 1920; sections in district, 16; total enrollment, 
120; high school enrollment, 27; cost of building, $35,000; motor busses, 3; 
children transported, 60. Located in a country village not on the railroad. 




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Goose Lake — Organized 1920; sections in district, 22%; total enrollment, 
100; high school enrollment, 10; rooms in building, 15; horse busses, 0; 
motor busses, 6; children transported, 70; cost of building, $57,000. 



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Olds — Organized 1918; sections in district, 22^; total enrollment. 203; 
high school enrollment, 73; horse busses, 8; motor busses, 0; cost of build- 
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AYashta — Organized 1919; sections in district. 24; total enrollment, 156; 
high school enrollment, 30; cost of building, $106,000; children transported, 
80; motor busses, 4; rooms in building, 16. 



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Four buildings just being- completed— Lake Center, Farrar, Thayer 
and Larrabee, in the order named 

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Lake Township 



Organized 1902 

Sections in district 36 

Total enrollment 112 

High school enrollment 18 

Rooms in buiding 14 

Horse busses 8 

Motor busses 

Children transported 112 

Cost of building- $100,000 

Farrar 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 32 

Total enrollment 138 

High school enrollment 24 

Rooms in building 12 

Horse busses „ 5 

Motor busses 2 

Children transported 125 

Cost of building $75,000 

The last day of each school month is observed as Community Day. 
The patrons co-operate by visiting the schoos and inspecting the work. 

The high school is publishing a Community paper which we think will 
be a great asset in our work, especially with the community. 

Thayer 

Organized 1 ^ 2 2 

Sections in district , \"_ 

Total enrollment l fi " 

High school enrollment 39 

Cost of building $48,850 

Horse busses 6 

Motor busses 

Children transported 90 

Larrabee 

Organized *? Ho 

Total enrollment *■%■■ 

High school enrollment 37 

Sections in district 36 

Motor busses -6 

Children transported • • ■ ■ 94 

Cost of building .S-o.OCO 

Room in building 22 

These buildings have all been finished and occupied since the data for 
this bulletin was collected. 



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Lytton 

Many requests are received at the office of the State Superintendent 
of Public Instruction for plans for buildings to accommodate an enrollment 
of from 250 to 300. One of the finest buildings in the state for a school of 
this size is to be found at Lytton, and school boards desiring to study plans 
for buildings of like capacity will do well to give this type of building care- 
ful consideraton. It incorporates all of the recent ideas with regard to 
consolidated school architecture and is a 1921 model that will serve the 
community for 100 years. 





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Upon entering the building through either of the two entrances, a short 
flight of steps leads down to the ground floor level. On this floor are lo- 
cated the gymnasium, which will also serve as the community room; the 
domestic science and lunch rooms ; the manual training and draughting 
rooms ; the boiler and fan rooms ; and the several rooms needed to work 
in connection with those above mentioned, such as the girls' and boys' 
lockers and showers working in connection with the gymnasium, and the 
storage rooms working in connection with the manual training and gym- 
nasium. 

The gymnasium is provided with a stage and in this room will center 
all community activties for the educational and recreational service of all 
the people in the district. One of the chief advantages of a building of this 
type is that it will accommodate a large gathering of people on public oc- 
casions and it will be possible to comfortably seat in the gymnasum and 
balcony of same some seven hundred spectators. The community that fails 
to provide wholesome social and recreational opportunities for the young 
people may become responsible for many of these young people going astray 
morally or becoming dissatisfied with the monotony of rural life. Even 
cities are using the auditoriums in the school houses almost exclusively for 
those occasions in which the public has a common interest. Meetings for 
civic improvement and betterment, community, song services, movies of the 
right type, parent-teacher associations, farm educational and improvement 
clubs, school entertainments, school games and sports, revivals of the old 



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lyceum or debating societies, lectures, and picnic dinners may find a com- 
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The lunch room on this floor is located next to the domestic science 
room and is thus located to facilitate the serving of such hot food as may 
be desirable for noon-time lunches of the students. The domestic science de- 
partment would also be used for preparation of such meals or portions of 
meals as it might be desirable to serve in connection with community 
meetings. 

The fan room, where fresh air is introduced into the building, is also 
located on this floor and the fan is of sufficient size to furnish all neces- 
sary fresh air to the students in each room as well as to the gymnasium. 
Re-circulation of air is provided for so that the heat generated in the fan 
room can be thrown into any portion of the building. 

The first floor plan provides for pupils in the lower four grades of the 
school and also has, opening off the balcony to the gymnasium, two reci- 



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tation and one sewing rooms. Wardrobes are provided in each grade room 
and the rooms are ventilated through these wardrobes, thus drying out 
damp clothing hung in same. 

It will he noticed that toilets for each sex occur on each floor, thus 
eliminating excessive stair climbing. 

On this floor is located the motion picture booth which is of ample 
size to take care of a standard machine. 

On the second floor is shown the high school assembly room with 
library and stage in connection therewith, together with two recitation 
rooms, and the science and agriculture room. The fifth, sixth and seventh 
and eighth grades are also provided for on this plan together with superin- 
tendent's and teachers' rooms. 



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Gowrie 

The district which this school will serve consists of the town of 
Gowrie, with a population of nine hundred, and thirty-two square miles 
of surrounding territory. The present enrollment in the school is about 
340 and the building is planned to accommodate 475 students. 

The site selected by the board permits the leaving of the building en- 
tirely out of the ground with the exception of the front wall of the building 
and the boiler room. 

The ground floor plan of the building shows the accommodations for 
the gymnasium, which will also be used as a community room; the lunch 
room 'with adjacent kitchen; domestic science suite of rooms, consisting of 
sewing, cooking and dining rooms ; the community library, and the manual 
training department. This plan also takes care of the boys' and girls' 
locker rooms with shower rooms adjacent. The gymnasium and commun- 
ity room is so planned that during basketball games some three hundred 
spectators can be accommodated and during large community meetings 
eight hundred people may be taken care of. The stage to the rear end 
of this room is ample in size to accommodate any attraction that it may 
be desired to show and is of such a height that scenery may be lifted ver- 
tically and not rolled. This section of the building extends up two stories, 
giving ample ceiling height and also space for a balcony. The lunch room 
and kitchen are placed adjacent to the gymnasium in order that meals 
may be served during community meetings. 



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The first floor plan of the building show the accommodations for stu- 
dents in the first to eighth grades, inclusive; the seventh and eighth 
grades working on the departmental plan of teaching, a recitation room be- 
ing used in connection with this room. This plan also takes care of the 
superintendent's office, reception room and vault. 

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SECOND FLOOR PLAN 

The second floor of the building takes care of the quarters for the 
high school students and provides space for study room, commercial, agri- 
culture, science, laboratory and five recitation rooms. Quarters have also 
been provided for girls' rest room and a first aid and teachers' room. 

On each floor of the building are provided boys' and girls' toilet, 
separate toilets being given to the community library room, the primary 
room and first aid room. 

The building will be fire-proof throughout and owing to the location 
of the stairways, it will be unnecessary to equip this building with fire 
escapes. 

The building will be finished with red oak trim and terrazzo and hard 
maple floors. 

The architects estimate the cost of this structure at $127,000. 



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Waterville — Organized 1920; sections in district, 32; rooms in building, 
12; est of building, $60,000. Children will be transported for the first time 
September, 1922. 




Packwood — Organized 1920; sections in district, 28; total enrollment, 
217; high school enrollment, 53; rooms in building, 14; horse busses, 4; 
motor busses, 0; children transported, 109; cost of building, $100,000. 



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Coburg 

Organized 1919 

Sections in district ' 30 

Total enrollment 127 

High school enrollment 22 

Children transported . . [ ' ' {qq 

Cost of building- '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.*.'. '.7.7. '$90,000 

Motor busses 5 

The people of this district have organized a parent-teachers' associa- 
tion, with regular meetings every two weeks. They also supporl a Sunday 
school. They will have community activities practically every week with 
one or more meetings of some kind, such as socials of different kinds, 
celebrate all holidays, have corn huskings, community plays, of different' 
kinds, corn shows and local fairs and exhibits, lecture courses, basketball 
games between classes and rooms as well as inter-school games, etc. 

There is a rest room equipped with a couch, table and three chairs, 
rug on the floor and windows curtained, looking glass and pictures on the 
wall. In all there are 16 rooms in the building. No high school in the state 
has a better equipped building than Coburg. 




Coburg's Transportation Equipment 



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Coburg Domestic Science Room 




Coburg Class in Agriculture 
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Coburg Kindergarten 




Coburg Sewing Room 
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Coburg Gymnasium 




Coburg Manual Training Room 

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Staiiwood — Size of district, 36 sections; enrollment, 335; high school en- 
rollment, 120; rooms, 22; busses, 13; children transported, 165; cost of 
building, $125,000.00. 




Dayton — Organized 1919; sections in district. 35; total enrollment, 332; 
high school enrollment, 90; rooms in building, 14; horse busses, 6; motor 
busses, 2; cost of building, $125,000.00. 




Collins higrh school. Collins grade building- and Chapin consolidated 
school in the order named. 

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Collins 

Organized 1920 

Sections in district 34 M: 

Total enrollment 283 

High school enrollment 61 

Rooms in building 20 

Horse busses 5 

Motor busses 5 

Cost of building $125,000 

The new Collins school building was built at a cost of $125,000.00 and 
has as its distinguished features an immense auditorium and one of the 
finest high school gymnasiums in the state. It is one. of the town consoli- 
dated schools, where there seems to be unusual enthusiasm for the school. 

The old town school building is a building in pretty good repair and is 
used to house the children of the lower grades. The two buildings are 
only a short distance apart so that it is not necessary for the busses to go 
to two buildings. 

In general, two buildings are not adapted to use from the standpoint 
of organization for a consolidated school and wherever two buildings are 
used they should be located on the same school site as great difficulty is 
encountered in unloading children at two different locations. Collins was 
very fortunate in being able to put the school buildings close together. 

Chapin 

Organized .1916 

Sections in district 17 3-16 

Total enrollment HI 

High school enrollment 28 

Horse busses 4 

Motor busses 

Children transported 69 

Cost of building $65,000 




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HOME-MADE PLAYGROUND APPARATUS 

Superintendent R. W. Wagner, Webb, la. 

Home-made playground apparatus had been accepted as 
the right idea, and the manual training classes had made 
swings and teeter-totters. "What next?" Slides seemed to be 
the logical answer. A fruitless search was made for drawings 
or blue-prints. There was nothing left to do but to make de- 
signs. This was done. During the weeks of construction, that 
haunting question persisted: "Will they work when they are 




Figure 2. The Slides. 

finished?" But since they have been erected and tried out, 
and have "worked," the project is described for the benefit of 
other believers in the home-made playground apparatus idea. 

About the first problem to be solved was the selection of 
suitable material for the bottom of the slides. Wood was not 
considered on account of the trouble which was feared in get- 
ting suitable stock. Metal was decided on and finally galvan- 
ized iron was the one metal selected. It was easily obtained 
and was not too expensive. It is making good in actual use. 
tual use. 

The mounting of the slides was partly provided for to be- 
gin with. The uprights of a large pair of swings (shown in 

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Details of the Slides 

Figure 1), served as a beginning of the supporting structure. 
The general plan was to have two platforms, a high one and a 
lower one, the high one connected with a single long slide, and 
the low one connected with two short slides, or with one slide 
and a pair of parallel sliding rods. To date, only one of the 
shorter units has been installed. 

On one side the platforms were supported by the two 
swing uprights as shown in Figure 2. On the opposite side 
they were supported by four 4x4 posts. These posts were 
bolted to the platforms, their lower ends resting upon cement 
slabs buried in the ground. The two middle posts attached 
to both upper and lower platforms; the two outside ones to 
the lower platform only. These posts extended above the plat- 
forms sufficiently to serve as supports for hand railing. 

The high platform is reached by a ladder to one side of 
the platforms as shown in Figure 1. The ladder leading to 
the lower platform meets it at the middle. In this way the 
traffic toward the two ladders, in no way interferes. The long 
slide is directly above the ladder leading to the lower platform. 



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Swing Carriage 

The slides proper were constructed as shown in the drawing. 
The curved sections of the sides were first cut out.. The 
first piece cut for each side, served as a pattern for the other 
curved sections resulting in a saving of lumber. The parts 
composing each side were then screwed together, the screws 
being inserted from both sides and staggered. One side piece, 
assembled, was laid on the floor and the other side held in 
place above it, while the cross pieces "a" were located and 
nailed in place. The assembly thus formed was then turned 
over and the remaining side piece, assembled, was nailed in 
place. The bottom strips "b" were then screwed in place. The 
galvanized iron was laid on over these and secured in place by 
the strips "c." 

It is necessary that the iron be secured by nails extending 
through "c" into the bottom boards. 

In the large slide the bottom boards were of three-fourth- 
inch stock. In the small slide these were of five-eighths-inch 
ceiling. The latter material is to be recommended as superior 
to the three-fourth-inch stock. 

The angle irons shown at "d" were made in the local 
blacksmith shop from wagon box iron. 

The galvanized iron was obtained in standard 8-inch 
lengths; four being used for the large slide, and two for the 
small one. The end of each piece overlapped the piece below 



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it like shingles on a roof. The ends were left without any 
fastening. 

The slides are attached to their platforms by pieces of 
flat iron five-sixteenths by one and one-half inches bent to the 
proper angle, screwed up against the sides of the slides, and 
down upon the top of the platforms. The long slide is support- 
ed by two 2x4 braces shown in Figure 3 at "a." These braces 
are bolted at their lower ends and attached at their upper ends 
by means of hinges as shown in Figure 3 above "a." The 
smaller ladder fits inside these two braces, the two units thus 
rendering a mutual support. The three 4x6 posts shown in 
Figure 2 "a" support the lower end of the large slide. They 
stand in cement and extend 3 inches below the surface. At the 
top of each post is a 2x6 cross piece supporting the sides of the 
slide and attached to them by strap iron. The small slide has 




Figure 4. Construction of Slides. 

but two short braces as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Its lower 
end rests on a piece of 4x6. See Figure 1. 

The drawing gives the slope of the slide as installed. By 
tilting the slide, builders may increase or decrease the slope to 
give greater or less speed as desired. Careful observation of 
the slide in use, leads the writer to recommend the indicated 
slope as about ideal. 

A word should be said in regard to the teeters mentioned 
in the first paragraph. The posts at "a" Figure 5, stand as 
monuments to the failure of our first attempt. One fact that 
makes this failure more significant, is that prepared blue 
prints were used and carefully followed. Is it possible that 
some blue prints are made and placed on the market without 
lieing tried out? 

The first time the teeters were overloaded (and they al- 
ways are) they collapsed. As a result the supports shown in 
the figure were designed. They are not beautiful but they 
liave defied many an overload and are giving good service. 



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Fig. 1. General View of the Apparatus. 

Two large swings have been mentioned in previous para- 
graphs. They may be seen in figures one and two. Actual 
trial showed that these swings were too high (22 inches) to be 
practical. Too much time and energy were required to "pump 
up." As a result it was decided that some remodeling must be 
done that would cause these swings to pay dividends. Figure 
6 snows how the problem was solved. A carriage was built 
similar to that of a lawn swing. This was suspended by the 
four ropes of the two large swings. A change had to be made, 
of course, in the method of attaching the ropes at the top. 
Two of the ropes are taken from their own rings and spliced 
into the two rings containing the remaining two ropes. 

The method of propelling the swing is rather unusual and 
its evolution very interesting. It was originally intended that 
the swing would be propelled by the pulling of the ropes shown 
at "a" Figure 6. This method proved unsatisfactory on ac- 
count of the height of the swing. So it was for the inventive 
genius of youth to devise a successful method of propulsion. 
Very soon after installing the boys began standing on the 
backs of the seats and "pumping" in order to get up the de- 
sired speed. Consequently the strips "a" Figure 6 were added 
for foot rests. Two boys stand on these and "pump" while 
the two passengers pull on the ropes. These are attached to a 
2x4 cross piece shown at "b" Figure 6. 

Our experience with this playground apparatus leads us 
to say that one important consideration in building swings is 
the bearings. At first eyebolts and hooks were used, made 
from mild steel from the blacksmith shop. One day two boys 



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were "pumping up" in one of the small swings shown in Figure 
1. Suddenly something gave way and a spill resulted. Upon 
examination it was found one hook had been cut through and 
had let the swing down. Other hooks were found just ready 

to give way. They were all 
taken down and an interview 
with the blacksmith resulted. 

As a result, all swings con- 
structed since, have had for a 
bearing a ring and eyebolt. 
These parts are case hardened. 
After being put in place plenty 
of grease is used. Success has 
rewarded our efforts and even 
the ring and eyebolt shown at 
"c" Figure 6 is standing up well 
under the enrmous strain it is 
frequently called upon to carry. 
So if steel of ample size is used ; 
if a ring is used instead of a hook; ;if all wearing parts are 
case hardened ; and if plenty of lubrication is used ; we feel 
that good swing bearings can be obtained without the use of 
expensive roller bearings. 

NOTE — Appreciation is expressed to Industrial Arts Magazine, Mil- 
waukee, Wisconsin. 




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PROVIDING EQUIPMENT AND ITS CARE 

Providing of equipment is necessarily somewhat expen- 
sive, and some schools are therefore limited in amount that 
may be provided in a given year. In such cases the most im- 
portant articles should first be procured and other articles pur- 
chased the following year. In this way the expense can be 
equalized. Because equipment is expensive, care should be 
taken that it be used as intended and properly protected from 
injury when not in use. The following are a few suggestions 
in procuring various kinds of equipment : 

1. Deal only with reliable firms. 

2. Secure only standard articles. 

3. Order early enough to avoid delay in receiving articles. 

4. Always check carefully and promptly all articles received, and at 
once notify firm of shortages or errors in shipment. 

5. In purchase of tools, etc., the '•make" should be considered. 

(5. In purchase of maps, charts and books, authorship is important; 
accuracy should be considered, as well as date of publication. 

7. Maps and charts are better if hand-mounted on double muslin. 

S. Maps should be of suitable size for use in the ordinary class- 
room and should be such that they may easily be moved from room to room. 

9. Textbooks in use should be occasionally changed, a few at a time, 
for more modern, up-to-date texts. 

10. In purchase of dictionary, atlas or encyclopedia, authorship, size 
of volumes, type, number of volumes, binding and general construction 
should be considered. 

11. In purchase of equipment in large cpiantities a saving may some- 
times be made by getting quotations from several firms. 

In proper care of all kinds of equipment the following sug- 
gestions are in place: 

1. In each room or department a careful inventory should be taken 
both at beginning and at close of school year. 

2. Proper racks, shelves or cases for storing articles when not in 
use (books and science equipment should be in dry room and in dust- 
prooi" case). 

3. Cases should lie properly stored and locked in vacation time. 

4. The teacher should have definite responsibility over use of equip- 
ment in her room or department, and should be held responsible for un- 
necessary loss or breakage. 

5. Each pupil should be made to feel individual responsibility in 
handling equipment, and may even be asked to replace articles carelessly 
broken or lost by him. 

(5. All articles should be kept clean and in good order. Tools should 
be kept sharp. 

7. Each teacher should have a list of articles to be used by her room 
or department and know where to find such easily. 

S. The superintendent should have general oversight of all equip- 
ment and should supervise its care and use. 

9. The superintendent should ask a report once or twice per year 
from each teacher in regard to use and care of equipment. 

10. The board of education may well require an annual report from 
the superintendent in the same way at the close of the school year. 

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90 



SUMMARY OF ANNUAL REPORTS 

Pages 92 and 95 of this bulletin give the tabulated annual 
report of the consolidated schools of the state of Iowa receiving 
state aid. Pages 96 and 97 give a list of the schools not receiv- 
ing state aid. These tables show that there was a total enroll- 
ment in the consolidated schools receiving state aid of 51,439 
and those not receiving state aid of 21,187, making a grand 
total enrolled of 72,626. In the high school there was enrolled 
in all schools 72,626. The total cost of transportation was $1,- 
708,654.31, transporting a total of 35,611 pupils at an average 
cost per pupil per year of $51.77. The number of horse busses 
in use for transporting these children was 1,781 and the num- 
ber of motor busses was 574. 

Transportation cost runs very high in some schools with 
horses and in others very high with motors. In the case of one 
school represented in this list when a member of the school 
board was interviewed, he replied that he knew it was high, 
but unless the men were employed who were ivgen the con- 
tract that thse same men would make trouble for the school 
board. 

There has been considerable discussion of the subject of 
motor vehicles and the ownership of same. A few schools in 
the state are employing men who own the motor busses and 
are paying them a very extravagant wage but the large num- 
ber of schools have purchased their own vehicles and the extra 
cost has always proven its worth inasmuch as the employment 
of drivers who own their busses leaves the school at the mercy 
of the driver. 

An interesting item in this report is the tax in mills to 
support the consolidated schools. High taxes have been quite 
commonly charged to consolidated schools but an investigation 
frequently shows that a big item in the local taxes is often 
made by other expenses than the school. It is quite common to 
hear expressions of approval of the schools even though the 
cost is high. In fact investigation has nearly always shown 
that people who were opposed to the school were in the minor- 
ity. The average cost in mills for the state of Iowa was 50.9. 



91 



CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS RECEIVING STATE AID 



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Ainsworth . 

Alburnett 

Alexander 

Alleman 

Alpha 

Alta 

Ankeny 

Aplington 

Archer 

Arispe 

Argyle 

Armstrong 

Arnold's Park. . . . 

Attics 

Aurelia 

Barnes City 

Bartlett 

Bayard 

Beaconsfield 

Beaman 

Beebeetown 

Beech 

Blairsburg 

Blencoe 

Bondurant 

Bradgate 

Brandon 

Brooke Twp. 

(Peterson) 

Bronson 

Buffalo Twp. 

(Titonka) 

Buffalo Center. . . 

Bussey 

Calamus 

Carpenter 

Carrollton 

Carson . . 

Cedar 

Chapin 

Clemons 

Climbing Hill 

Colesburg 

College Springs. . 

Collins 

Colo 

Colwell 

Conway 

Cornell 

Corwith 

Cosgrove 

(Oxford) 

Cotter 

Crawfordsville 
Crystal Lake 

Cushing 

Cylinder 

Dallas 

Delhi 

Delmar 

Delphos 

Des Moines Twp. 

(Rolfe) 

Dike 

Dolliver 

Douds-Leando . . . 

Dow City 

Dumont 

Earlham 

Earlville 



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130 
230 
160 
128 

98 
364 
250 
150 
118 
113 
3 57 
234 
126 
411 
175 
179 
332 
122 
143 

97 
133 
189 
202 
245 
139 
186 

93 
189 

227 
364 
259 
294 
144 
70 
308 
158 
111 
115 
157 
321 
294 
283 
286 
154 
131 
110 
301 

185 
122 
211 
205 
210 
114 
257 
223 
145 
102 

134 
225 
150 
250 
332 
276 
390 
291 



61 
36 
26 
35 
28 
18 
97 
52 
32 
39 
46 
79 
54 
48 
76 
57 
32 
84 
27 
42 
26 
31 
39 
41 
78 
29 
48 

10 
31 

46 
108 
91 
58 
43 
6 
64 
43 
28 
27 
38 
79 
103 
61 
73 
40 
30 
16 
99 

43 
9 
55 
41 
44 
26 
64 
52 
41 
36 

23 
63 
35 
87 
65 
76 
142 
76 



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43.6 

52.1 

33 

41.6 

58 

56 



41 

76 

54.37 

79 

48 

100 
53.83 
69 
51.7 
80.8 
78.9 
52.4 
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72 

65.7 



59 

75.8 

80 

59.5 

45.4 



44.5 
40.3 

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80 
77.6 

47 
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42 



47 

49.8 

60 

60 

56.4 

61.3 

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131 

123 

83 

200 

120 

88 

74 

90 

70 

114 

111 

130 

153 

38 

150 

140 

55 

120 

104 

75 

95 

84 

120 

100 

75 

86 
83 

81 

89 

125 

160 

112 

60 

131 

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125 
60 
110 
130 

165 
90 

100 
90 

106 
91 
68 

110 
95 
82 

160 
90 
90 
140 
200 
110 
160 
130 



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3,465.00 
4,950.00 
6,888.00 
2,632.50 

15,000.00 
7,740.00 
5,197.50 
4,675.32 

2,362.50 
8,024.60 
5,040.00 
6,097.00 
10,800.00 
3,195.00 
6,858.00 
6,565.50 
2,836.35 
3,047.25 
4,117.50 
3,339.00 
5,647.50 
7,200.00 
7.020.00 
5,377.50 
2,970.00 

5,940.00 
6,669.00 

5,940.00 
6,000.00 
11,250.00 
6,000.00 
4,050.00 
2,240.00 
4,500.00 
4,007.75 
3,401.50 
4,214.00 
4,995.00 
5,011.00 
5,805.00 

7,605.00 
6,805.00 

5,760.00 
6,500.00 



3,870.00 
6,462.42 
4,565.16 
7,740.00 
4,635.00 
4.950.00 
4,860.00 
5,670.00 
3,105.00 

5,000.00 
6,000.00 
5,155.00 
4,500.00 
12,000.00 
4,527.00 
8,000.00 
4,374.00 



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37.70 
56.00 
31.71 
75.00 
64.50 
59.06 
63.18 

33.75 
70.39 
45.40 
46.90 
70.58 
84.00 
45.72 
46.89 
51.57 
25.39 
39.59 
44.52 
59.44 
86.90 
58.50 
53.24 
39.60 

69.06 
80.34 

73.33 
69.68 
90.00 
37.50 
36.16 
37.33 
34.35 
36.43 
49.29 
89.65 
54.29 
24.07 



54.32 
47.86 



52.36 

50.00 



43.00 
64.62 
50.72 
73.00 
50.93 
72.79 
44.18 
59.78 
37.86 

31.25 
66.66 
57.27 
32.14 
60.00 
41.15 
50.00 
33.64 



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CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS RECEIVING STATE AID— (Continued) 



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Early 

Elkhart 

Ellsworth 

Elvira 

Elwood 

Emmet Twp. . . . 

Fairview 

Fayette 

Ferguson 

Fertile 

Floyd 

Franklin Twp. 

(Cooper) 

Galva 

Gaza 

Geneva 

Gibson 

Gilbert 

Gillett Grove. . . . 

Oilman 

Glidden 

Grandview 

Grant Twp. 

(Boxholm) . . . 
Grant Twp. 

(Ledyard) 
Gray 

Greeley 

Greenville 

Guernsey 

Haifa 

Hanlontown . . . . 

pansell 

Hareourt 

Harris 

Hartford 

Hartwick 

Havelock 

Hayes Twp 

Hayf ield 

Hedrick 

Highview 

Hilton 

Holly Springs. . . 

Hudson 

Huron 

Huxley 

Irwin 

Jesup 

Johnston Station 

(Grimes) 

Jolley 

Jordan 

Jubilee 

Kelley 

Kinross 

Kirkman 

Lacey 

La Moille 

Lanyon 

Laurens 

Lawton 

Le Grand 

Letts 

Lewis 

Liberty Twp. 

(Merrill) 
Liberty Twp. 

(Clemmons) . . 
Lincoln-Lee 




280 



94 



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59 58 
52 

53 40 

60 40 



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135 

75 

110 

113 

44 

91 

140 

105 

124 

130 

165 

74 
100 
106 

42 
142 

72 
140 
12 8 
118 

180 

122 

41 
121 

82 
105 
112 

71 
144 

80 
123 

98 

65 
112 

83 
112 
101 

90 
180 
115 
113 
140 
153 

98 
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179 

95 

165 

58 

103 

90 

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112 

91 

110 

132 

167 

83 

110 

130 

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6,075.00 

4,950.00) 
8.010.00 
3,285.00 
2.655.00 



4.833 

5,400. 
5.310. 
4,657. 
7.000. 



8,599.33 
7,020.00 
5,850.00 
6,300.00 
1.630.45 
6,565.50 
4,140.00 
5,463.00 

4,149.00 

10,800.00 

4,972.50 
2.350.00 
5,906.00 
3.825.00 
5,060.00 
4,500.00 
4,440.00 
7,380.00 

6,300.00 
4,545.00 
2.295.00 
6.147.8^ 
5.130.00 
4,460.00 
4,385.97 
5.895.00 
6,396.69 
5.355.00 
5,570.00 
2,700.00 
6.965.00 
3.880.80 
9,000.00 

7,850.80 
4,230.00 
7,400.00 

3.160.00 
3,967.50 
3.930.00 
6,768.75 
3.699.00 
6,439.50 
4,860.00 
4.413.60 
3,281.00 
5,085,00 
5,413.50 



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4,230.00 



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60.34 
53.11 
38.57 
50.57 
37.57 
53.84 

52.11 
94.87 
5S.50 
59.43 
38.82 
46.23 
59.14 
39.02 

34.48 

60.00 

40.75 
57.31 
48.80 
46.65 
48.19 
40.17 
62.53 
51.22 

51.21 
46.78 
35.30 
52.10 
61.80 
39.82 
43.42 
65.50 
77.06 
46.56 
49.28 
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45.52 
39.60 
47.58 

43.85 
44.52 
44.84 
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59.54 
60.79 
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Lincoln Twp. 

(Zearing) . . . 
Linn Grove .... 
Little Cedar . . . 

Lloyd Twp 

Luana 

Luther 

Macedonia 

Macksburg .... 

Magnolia 

Mallard 

Maloy 

Mapleton 

Marathon 

Marble Rock. . . 
Marten sdale . . . 

Miles 

Milford i 

Millersburg . . . 

Mingo 

Mitchell 

Modale 

Mondamin 

Monmouth 

Morning Sun. . . 

Mt. Union 

Napier 

Nemaha 

New Albin 

Newburg , 

Newell 

Newhall 

New Hartford . . . 

New Providence.. 

North Grant 

Norwalk 

Oakville 

Okoboji Twp. 

(Milford) 

Olds 

Ollie 

Oneida 

Oran 

Orange Twp. 

(Waterloo) 

Orchard 

Orient 

Otranto 

Ottosen 

Owasa 

Packwood 

Parnell 

Patterson 

Peterson 

Pierson 

Pilot Mound 

Pisgah 

Pleasant Lawn. . . 
Pleasant Plain. . . 
Pleasantville 

Plover 

Plymouth 

Prescott 

Providence Twp. 

(Sulphur Spr'gs) 

Quasqueton 

Randalia 

Randall 

Randolph 

Redding 



244 
247 
115 
265 
130 
199 
215 
232 
258 
167 
100 
420 
313 
188 
110 
169 
331 
200 
239 
136 
256 
243 
116 
411 
174 
192 
161 
219 
154 
309 
193 
307 
200 
91 
241 
299 

136 

203 
211 
125 

86 

230 
119 
331 
146 
162 
153 
217 
186 
163 
219 
205 
193 
324 
103 
140 
360 
204 
190 
174 
122 

195 
160 
205 
275 

217 



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66 
22 
48 
31 
46 
62 
72 
67 
61 
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107 
69 
64 
37 
51 
92 
51 
72 
14 
61 
61 
30 

110 
69 
48 
34 
58 
30 
96 
47 
57 
18 
11 
73 
54 

46 
73 
60 
36 
10 

56 
14 
83 
48 
25 
35 
53 
47 
41 
76 
51 
33 
68 
28 
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114 
51 
55 
46 
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43.2 

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41.4 

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55 
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80.6 

48.9 

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41.1 

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50.8 

64.3 

42 

62.4 

50 

46 

69.5 

55 

43.8 
43.9 
48 
37.4 

62 

75.8 
43.5 

49 
34.1 

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47.7 

57.7 

36 

64 

51 

37.4 

65 

44.5 

53.4 

45 

54 

60 

46 

65 

39 

53.5 

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49.8 

33,4 

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136 

73 

135 

81 

169 

90 

144 

163 

30 

44 

112 

131 

80 

73 

80 

126 

48 

153 

60 

105 

131 

36 

152 

110 

184 

96 

25 

122 

120 

123 

148 

141 

86 

153 

151 

135 

156 

130 

85 

48 

230 

75 

160 

83 

93 

144 

60 

95 

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72 

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5,085.00 
7,000.00 
4,366.76 
7,515.00 

8,460.00 
5,940.00 
1.560.00 
1,962.00 

7,295.30 
5,940.00 
2,340.00 

5,733.00 
2,700.00 
5,814.00 
2,790.00 
4,420.00 
5,580.00 
2,700.00 
5,563.20 
6,300.00 
7,352.00 
6,000.00 
450.00 
7,119.00 
5,064.00 
12,150.00 
13,860.00 
5,907.45 
3,825.00 
6,617.50 
4,050.00 

3,015.00 
6,300.00 
5,400.00 
3,962.50 

2,880.00 

7,980.00 
2,250.00 
3,600.00 
3,075.00 
5,400.00 
5,600.00 
3,400.00 
6,300.00 
4,050.00 
4,200.00 
1,050.00 
2,304.00 
9,250.00 
3,330.00 
4,500.00 
6,975.00 
5,261.49 
4,050.00 
2,692.36 
6,000.00 

3,375 00 
4,950.00 
6,858.00 
6,500.00 
3,709.80 



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83.35 
51.85 
53.91 
44.46 

58.75 
36.44 
52.00 
44.59 

55.68 
32.05 
32.05 

45.50 
56.25 
38.00 
46.50 
42.09 
42.59 
75.00 
36.60 
57.27 
39.95 
62.50 
18.00 
58.35 
42.20 
98.76 
93.64 
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44.47 
43.25 
26.82 

22.33 
40.38 
41.53 
46.70 
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34.69 
30.00 
22.50 
37.04 
58.06 
38.88 
57.00 
66.31 
45.00 
58.33 
45.69 
23.04 
46.25 
37.41 
45.00 
42.00 
38.12 
48.21 
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45.00 
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54.00 
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184 


52 


57 


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5,000.00 


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80 


2,460.00 
5,490.00 
8,055.45 
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209 
210 


60 
62 
68 


71.6 
48.8 


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120 
110 


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6,210.00 
5,346.00 


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48.60 


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131 


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145 


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64.7 
53.3 


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137 


5,152.50 
4,000.00 


51.00 
29.19 


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348 


53 


60 


150 


7,155.00 


47.70 


8 


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117 


40 


51.2 


100 


4,320.00 


43.20 


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207 


46 


73.4 


125 


4,452.57 


35.61 


7 






345 


91 


48.1 


190 


12,000.00 


63.15 




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Sheldahl 


150 


32 


60 


104 


5,069.00 


48.74 


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Shell Rock 


255 


103 


72.4 


59 


3,330.00 


56.44 


5 






125 


19 


42.6 


136 


4,680.00 


34.41 


6 






346 


108 


64 


94 


9,000.00 


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205 


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46 


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75 


175 
104 


7,300.00 
4,000.00 


41.72 
38.46 


7 
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3 




176 






117 






3 


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121 


35 


50 


102 


2,553.00 


25.02 




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559 


164 


68.32 


114 


4,022.50 


35.28 


3 


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Springdale 


129 


30 


30.5 


106 


4,905.00 


46.27 


5 


i 




206 


35 


65.9 


100 


4,442.25 


44.42 


7 






229 


46 




122 


4,950.00 


40.57 


3 


5 




328 


70 


42.5 


145 


9.675.00 


66.72 


12 






100 
156 
142 


18 

40 
32 


33 
50.4 


89 
170 
115 


2,666.00 
4,545.00 


28.82 
41.31 


2 
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Superior Twp. 


















(Spirit Lake) . . . 


75 


8 


29.13 




3,285.00 




5 






156 


33 


47.4 


92 


3,910.50 


42.50 


5 






75 


23 


54 


37 


3,501.00 


94.62 


5 






309 


76 


64 


142 


9,358.00 


65.90 


10 






143 
167 
183 


42 
39 

42 


90.3 
46.8 


110 
90 


4,257.00 
4,770.00 


38.70 
63.00 


8 
3 


6 








1 




158 


47 










4 


1 




195 


60 




80 


3,915.00 


48.93 


4 






197 
205 
141 


54 
43 
26 


56 
49 
41.6 


190 
106 
108 


3,600.00 
4,579.48 
6,600.00 


18.94 
43.20 
61.11 


9 

7 
8 












Udell 


176 


44 


42.7 


110 


5,584.60 


50.76 


9 




Union Twp. 




(Le Mars) 


13S 


16 


31.6 


154 


6,615.00 


42.95 


4 


6 




122 


32 




97 










Venture 


183 


47 


50 


121 


8,847.00 


73.11 


6 




Vernon Twp. 














11 




(Renwick) .... 


115 


32 


31.8 


106 


5,085.00 


47.97 






Wales-Lincoln . . . 


134 


30 


35. S 


125 


4,500.00 


36.00 


6 


4 




690 
148 
250 

126 
343 


170 
28 
64 

21 
114 


45.3 

36.8 
50 

38 
67.5 


240 
135 
112 
105 
70 
120 


10,800.00 
5,285.25 
7,911.88 
4,995.00 
3,375.00 
7,975.00 


45.00 
39.15 
70.64 
47.47 
48.21 
66.45 


9 

10 
7 
E 
5 


13 


Ware 




Waukee 




Webb 




Webster 




West Branch .... 


3 
3 




180 


50 


36 










West Side 


168 


52 




47 


4,295.00 


91.36 


1 


4 


White Oak Twp. 


















(Cambridge) 
Whiting 


70 
326 
116 
148 
161 


26 
76 
28 
30 
28 


70.2 
26 
45 
33 

i 


75 

171 

90 

82 

134 


3,375.00 
13,590.00 
5, 175. Or 
2,880.00 
1,789.22 


45.00 
79.47 
57.50 
35.12 
13.35 
1 


6 
6 


8 






Wiota 


5 




8 







93 



CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS WITHOUT STATE AID 



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Albion 

Albert City 

Anderson 

Beaver 

Burnside ...._... 

Castana 

Center 

Clarence 

Cloverdale 

Coin 

Conrad 

Dana 

Dawson 

Dayton 

Dinsdale 

Doug-las Twp. . . 

Dundee 

Dysart 

Eldora 

Elliott 

Farragut 

Farrar 

Garden Grove . . 

Gardiner 

Garfield (Webb) 
Geneseo Twp. . . 

Goose Lake 

Gowrie 

Grand Junction . 
Grand Meadow 

(Washta) 

Hayesville 

Hornick 

Horton Twp. . . . 

Irving' 

Jamaica 

Janesville 

Jefferson Twp. . 
Lake Center 

(Dickens) 

Lamont 

Laurel 

Ledyard 

Le Roy 

Linden 

Liscomb 

Lohrville 

Lytton 

McCallsburg 

Martelle 

Maxwell 

Maynard 

Mechanicsville . . 

Mediapolis 

Cambria 

Melbourne 

Melvin 

Menlo 

Meriden 

Meservey 

Milford Twp. 

(Nevada) 

Moneta 

Montezuma 

Moorland 

Morley 

New London 

Noble 

Nodaway 



O a 

277 
266 
98 
115 
150 
256 

250 

227 
286 
153 
145 
332 
141 

153 
426 
715 
305 
184 
137 
298 

67 

\ 

147 

96 
305 
373 

150 

165 



166 
199 



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£ <x> 

° a 
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112 
233 
171 
209 
150 
188 
201 
290 
235 
231 
142 
365 
334 
250 
390 
146 
219 
252 
260 
145 
152 

142 
134 
351 
125 
102 
401 

207 



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72 

59 

1 

26 

18 

61 

51 

77 
72 
35 
27 
90 
25 

25 
92 

201 
92 
38 
24 

101 
11 

32 
10 

70 
82 

29 

33 



1 

95 
40 
29 
24 
44 
50 
46 
45 
40 
39 
77 
90 
60 
116 
25 
44 
51 
71 
31 
36 

16 
25 

100 
15 
16 

129 

57 






35 

64.2 

43 

39.8 
75.2 

39.8 



42 



45 
46 



40 

79.2 

38.9 

44 

40 

45 

32 

29 



46.2 
52.9 

27 

48.5 

36 



75 



21 
69.1 

64 

40.5 

37 

52.6 
60 
27.5 
50.8 
55 
56 
57.6 
38 
32 

35 

55.4 
41 



22.9 
50 



41.92 

75 



57 



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54 



104 
155 



160 

105 

66 

140 



93 
160 

85 
70 
90 
120 
40 
95 



130 
150 



21 



90 

100 

90 

95 
200 

130 
91 

110 
90 

130 

170 

86 

180 

94 
185 

108 

105 

108 

78 

73 

130 

30 

76 
44 

108 



$ 2.700.00J 50.00 



7,587.00 
10,471.50 

5,300.00 



10,080.00 
3,375.00 
2,325.00 
7,920.00 



5,022.00 
12,000.00 



5, 735. Ob 
6,750.00 
6,480.00 
1,008.00 
4,581.00 



9.450.00 
5,670.00 



900.00 



5,670.00 
3,150.00 
3,510.00 

6,876.00 
12,510.00 

4,950.00 
4,859.98 
5,770.00 
5,590.00 
7,500.00 

7,861.16 
3,915.75 
12,735.00 
8,251.63 
5,940.00 



6,255.00 
5,400.00 
3,150.00 
5,000.00 
5,481.00 

8,096.40 

3,000.00 

5,160.00 
6,250.00 

4,374.00 



£K 



3 O 



72.86 
67.30 



61.62 



63.00 
32.14 
35.22 
56.57 



54.00 
75.00 



81.92 
75.00 
54.00 
25.20 
48.22 



72.69 

37.80 



42.85 



63.00 
31.50 
39.00 

72.38 
62.55 

38.07 
53.40 
52.45 
62.11 
57.69 

46.24 
45.53 
70.75 

63.19 



57.91 
51.42 
28.24 
64.10 
75.08 

62.28 

100.00 

67.89 
142.00 

40.50 



3 

2 

3 3 



11 



7 

10 



5 
1 

2 

9 
12 
8 
7 
5 
4 
1 
1 



7 
4 

11 
7 



96 



CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS WITHOUT STATE AID— ( Continued ) 



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ra 

Nodaway Twp. . . 

Norway 

Olin 

Paton 

Quimby 

Reinbeck 

Rhodes 

Rippey 

Riverton 

St. Charles 

St. Mary's 

Scranton 

Shellsburgr 

Sidney 

Silver Lake 

(Ayrshire) 

Stanley 

State Center 

Steamboat Rock.. 

Sutherland 

Tabor 

Ticonic 

Tipton 

Treynor 

Troy Mills 

Truro 

Underwood 

Union 

Van Meter 

Varina 

Viola (ROSS) 

Viola 

Walcott 

Walford 

Washington Twp. 

(Minburn) 

Wayland 

Westfield 

Whitten 

Winfield 

Tetter 











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11 






1 




180 


44 


36 


77 


900.00 


11.68 


7 




320 


78 


37 


125 


8,820.00 


70.56 


8 


1 


256 


73 


46.3 


135 








5 


185 


43 


46.3 


85 


8,280.00 


97.41 


2 


3 


644 


142 


48 












220 


49 


43 


100 


5,609.70 


56.09 


6 




292 


65 


53.9 










7 


244 


57 


60 


118 


8,400.00 


71.18 




6 


267 


65 


48 


121 


5,525.00 


45.57 


6 


2 


167 


40 


34 


100 






8 




410 


105 


84.8 


154 


7,300.00 


47.14 


4 


4 


272 


81 


49.5 


116 


8,010.00 


69.05 


6 


2 


413 


123 


80 


131 


7,590.00 


57.94 


5 


4 


207 


57 


35.7 










8 


369 


84 


45 


137 


7,740.00 


56.49 


9 




185 


36 


42.6 




2,205 00 




4 




262 


87 


41 


78 


7,020.00 


90.00 




5 


397 


132 


91 


147 


4,680.00 


31.90 




7 








12 


810.00 


67.50 


1 




683 


144 


38.1 


290 


17,000.00 


58.62 


12 


4 


121 


17 


33 


98 


4,762.62 


48.59 




4 








85 


3,600.00 


42 35 


4 




190 


47 


50.8 




4,185.00 




5 




172 


54 


56.7 


30 


3,105.00 


103.50 


2 




269 


66 


63 


125 


8,120.00 


64.96 


7 




201 


47 


48 












100 


25 










5 




88 
115 


12 


35 


92 
54. 


3,289.56 


60.91 


4 


4 
1 


97 

101 


19 
15 


21.7 
36 


82 


3,375.00 


41.15 


3 


1 


149 


22 












6 


260 
146 


86 
25 


54 


50 


2,700.00 


54.00 


3 


3 


152 


29 




56 


3,654.00 


65.25 


5 


1 


372 


111 


43.5 


142 








7 


57 


17 
















OS 



COST OF CONSOLIDATED SCHOOLS 

So much has been said in recent months about the cost of 
consolidated schools that a presentation of actual facts seem 
to be very much needed. Comparison of the cost of schools in 
first-class cities doing the same type of work and the same 
amount of work shows conclusively that the consolidated 
school is the cheapest school in the state of Iowa giving twelve 
years of education to the girls and boys in the community. 

Buena Vista county, with fourteen consolidated schools, 
commenced the work of consolidation early. For this reason 
there is prepared a comparison of these fourteen consolidated 
schools with the fourteen large first-class cities in the state 
of Iowa. This comparison could be made with any of the 
larger towns and cities in the state showing that the consoli- 
dated schools have been maintained at a much less tax levy 
than is true in the towns and cities. 

The cost of all schools is a matter of public record and 
the cost of the schools can be found on record in the office of 
the county superintendent. The figures given show the tax 
for August, 1921. 

TAX LEVY IN MILLS FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES 

School year 1921-1022 

City Schools Mills Consolidated Schools Mills 

Clinton 124.4 Alta 58. n 

Waterloo (West) 117.0 Brooke Township 5fi.O 

Fort Dodge 100.0 Fairview 43.6 

Council Bluffs 102.0 Hayes Township 24.5 

Boone 97.3 Highview 39.2 

Mason City 93.0 Lincoln-Lee 32.2 

Marshalltown 91.0 Linn Grove 18.0 

I<.ua City 88.2 Marathon 53.3 

Waterloo (East) 85.2 Newell 57.0 

Ottumwa 78.8 Providence Township 33.4 

Cedar Rapids 78.0 Rembrandt 65.6 

.Muscatine 76.0 Sioux Rapids 64.0 

Burlington 70. u Truesdale 41.6 

Des Moines 67.0 Albert City 64.2 

COST OF RECENT NEW BUILDINGS 

The follow ins districts have built new buildings since January, 1920, 
each at the outlay indicated. 

Ainsworth $100,000 Calamus $ 91,000 

Ankeny 155,881 Coburg 100, 

Arispe 67,500 Crystal Lake 88.500 

Aurelia 200,000 Dayton 120.000 

Barnes City 76,000 Dinsdale 104 

Bayard 225.000 Dana 80,000 

Bondurant 125.000 Dunkerton 135,000 

Bartlett 50,000 Eariham 1 60.000 

Beaver 45.000 Elkhart 65,000 

Blencoe 90,722 Elvira 70.000 

Cotter 72.000 Elwood 70.500 

Chapin 65.000 Emmett Twp. ( Estherville) . 35,000 

Cushing 150,000 Excelsior Twp. (Lake Park) 90, 

Cleghorn 90.000 Farrar 50,000 

Collins 125.000 Franklin Twp. (Cooper).... 75.000 

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